The owner of a Gettysburg-area hotel prevailed in a court case that turned on questions of when to apply a state tax on real estate
East to West Properties LLC paid $650,000 for a three-story office building at 215 Pine St. in Harrisburg, according to county deed records. The seller was 215 Pine St LLC, a partnership headed by local real estate investor Ramandeep Singh. The roughly 10,000 square-foot building is occupied by three tenants, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, the Department […]
Shortly after disclosing the retirement plans of its chief executive, Michele Buck, The Hershey Co. unveiled new leaders for its U.S. candy and salty snack businesses. Effective Feb. 3, Andrew Archambault will lead the U.S. confections unit, while Veronica Villasenor will lead salty snacks. Archambault joins Dauphin County-based Hershey from Keurig Dr Pepper, where he was […]
Franklin Financial Services, the Chambersburg-based parent of F&M Trust, is rolling out a succession plan for its retiring chief executive. The bank has tapped Craig Best, the former CEO of a Scranton bank, as its next leader effective Jan. 14, according to a regulatory filing. Best, 64, is succeeding Tim Henry, who announced in November that he would retire […]
Amy Blackmore has been named an equity shareholder at Saxton & Stump, a Lancaster-based law firm, effective Jan. 1. She was previously a senior counsel. Blackmore represents healthcare providers in medical malpractice cases and is a member of the law firm’s healthcare litigation, commercial litigation, and appellate and post-trial advocacy groups. Blackmore joined Saxton & […]
Matt Bilson has joined the Investment Real Estate Group of Companies as a financial analyst. In his new role, Bilson will underwrite potential self-storage acquisitions, including analyzing financial statements, market conditions, rents and expenses. Additionally, he will support financing and equity-raising initiatives, as well as analyze the performance of the company’s existing self-storage portfolio. He […]
Asahel Church has joined Barley Snyder as a member of the law firm’s litigation and real estate practice groups. He is based in the Lebanon office. Church is a graduate of Northwestern University and Penn State Dickinson School of Law. Before coming to Barley Snyder, he worked at a regional law firm where he concentrated […]
Gary Sutton, a popular regional radio host, is bringing his morning show to SportsRadio 98.9 FM and 1350 WOYK. Sutton’s show will run every weekday from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and focus on local and national news, as well as local sports. “We are absolutely thrilled to welcome Gary to WOYK,” station general manager […]
U & ME Chambersburg LLC paid nearly $40.6 million for Chambersburg Crossing, a roughly 265,000 square-foot shopping center in Franklin County, according to county deed records. The property at 901 Norland Ave. is anchored by a Giant supermarket. The seller was an affiliate of KPR Centers, a New York-based real estate investment firm. KPR was represented by […]
Ripples from the data-center revolution are continuing to wash over Central Pennsylvania. The latest ripple is a $131 million project from PPL Corp. designed to upgrade power lines and build a new switchyard in southern York County. The project is designed to improve reliability of the electric system in light of growing demand, including from data […]